Improved implement



(gime @anni fir Letters Patten-t No. 92,7

68, lated July 20, 1869.

IMPROVED IMPLEMENT.'

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making fn'art of the same.

To all whom imag concern Be it known that I, VVInmAM VORLEY, of Newark, in the county of lVirt, and State of Vest Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lid- Lifters; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use'the same, reference being had to thc accompanying drawings, forming part ci' this specification.

This invention relates'to a new and useful household-implement, designed for various purposes; and consists in the construction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter described.

The accompanying drawing represents a side view of the article.

A is a'socket, into which a wooden handle is inserted, for handling or using the implement.

B is a claw, for lifting stove-lids, drawing tacks, &c. f lB is a recess, which gives ahold on the side of a pan, or other similar vessel, which has no handle.

C is a plate-litter, alsoV convenient for opening hot stove-doors. I 1

D is a hannner-fzrice, for driving tacks or small nails, cracking nuts, and for various other purposes.

E is a claw for the hammer, for drawing small nails.

pots and kettles, and for all similar purposes.

It will be seen that the uses to which this article is adapted are various. It answers the purpose of many toolsand implements which are here condensed into one,

The lifterrrnay be made of common cast or mallear ble iron, or of brass or other suitable metal.

The advantages derived by theJlse of` such 'an article, or from having it handy .in the house and must be obvious to all.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentv The improved implement consisting of the large nail-claw B, recess B', plate-lifter C, hammer D, tackmnged `as herein shown and described, for the purpose Witnesses:

AR. G. DovENY,

BENJ. F. STEWART.

F is a hook,=for lifting vessels with hot hails, asv

are many,

claw E, and pot-lifting hook F, all constructed and ar- 

